Warwick's quiet main street still a powerful drawcard

PALMERIN St shop owners might have watched foot traffic steadily decline over the years but there's always the attitude that it could be worse.

In places such as Toowoomba and Townsville, large modern shopping centres have dragged shoppers away from CBDs, and jeweller John Walsh said Palmerin St businesses were lucky Rose City Shoppingworld was built in the centre of town.

"Businesses in the main street can still feed off the traffic that use the centre, things could be a lot worse if it had been built further away,” Mr Walsh said.

"There's no doubt foot traffic declined when the centre was built but I think there are a lot more reasons why people aren't out on the street so much today.